2022

• York St John University shortlisted for University of the Year

  

  York St John University has been shortlisted in the University of the Year category in this year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCA), the leading higher education awards ceremony based solely on student choice.  

  Publish Date: 
  • 20 April 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Awards

• York St John University hosts North England’s largest games event and inspires the regions next industry leaders

  

  York St John University partnered with Game Republic, an industry-led games business network, to host the annual event which aims to connect students with games experts and employers.

  Publish Date: 
  • 9 June 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Awards
  •    Events

• University recognised for significant steps towards gender equality

  

  On International Women’s Day, York St John University is delighted to have been awarded an Athena Swan bronze award for its ongoing commitment to transform gender equality in higher education.

  Publish Date: 
  • 8 March 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Awards
  •    Staff
  •    Vice Chancellor

• York St John University leads new research partnerships to enrich and enhance York’s community groups

  

  £45,000 from the York St John University's Institute for Social Justice (ISJ) is funding new research, to offer service-enhancing insights into York’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs).

  Publish Date: 
  • 11 October 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Community
  •    Research

• Children’s training sessions can produce ‘survival of fittest environment’ warns expert

  

  Football training sessions for children based only on their age and taking no account of their individual growth and maturity creates a ‘survival of the fittest’ environment that is damaging for their long-term development, experts have warned.

  Publish Date: 
  • 5 April 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Research

• TV pioneer and English National Opera CEO Stuart Murphy brings professional pitching tips to ambitious students

  

  York St John University Honorary Graduate and CEO of English National Opera, Stuart Murphy, brought insights from his pioneering TV and theatre career to students this week in guest lecture and seminar sessions.

  Publish Date: 
  • 10 March 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Students

• York St John University student and GB long jumper carries the Queen’s Baton in York

  

  To welcome the Queen’s Baton Relay and to enjoy an afternoon of sports activities, 600 primary pupils from 20 York schools got together at the York St John University Sports Park for celebrations.

  Publish Date: 
  • 13 July 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Events

• International art prize for two York St John students exploring disability

  

  Two York St John University fine art students have taken the top spots in the Eleanor Worthington international art prize which invites students at tertiary-level Art and Media Schools across the UK, Ireland and Italy to enter. 

  Publish Date: 
  • 19 December 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Awards
  •    Students

• New research to understand the experiences of special educational needs (SEN) pupils in York

  

  Researchers at York St John University have been granted £50,427 by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust to investigate transitions from primary to secondary school for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) across the city of York.

  Publish Date: 
  • 9 May 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Research

• Film celebrating language diversity at York St John University screens this weekend

  

  Students and staff at York St John University will feature in a short film as part of the Our City Festival: One Community Many Voices on Sunday 27 March at York Explore.

  Publish Date: 
  • 24 March 2022
  Categories: 
  •   Events